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Aron Wright - February 10, 2023
Lyon vs Lens Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in French Ligue 1 on Sunday, 12 February 2023.
Lens might be facing a slight loss of form at the moment. But they still are one of the best in the league, and are going after the title.
Meanwhile, Lyon had a slow start to their campaign, and are trying to make amends for the same with great performances in the second half of the campaign.
The reverse fixture ended in a 1-0 win for Lens, but that would be their only win against this opponent in the past nine years.
And at this venue, the hosts lost just once in the past 25 years. It also deserves to be mentioned that six of the previous eight encounters at this stadium had three or more goals.
Lyon have the better h2h record over the years, and they are at home. In fact, they lost just once at this venue in the last quarter century.
On top of that they won four of their last five overall fixtures, while counterparts Lyon are winless in their past three games. It is also a cause for worry that their latest league win on the road came three months back, and that too against the dead-last placed Angers.
As such, count on a hard-fought win for hosts Lyon.
Six of the past eight h2h meetings at this venue had three or more goals, while the last two overall games of Lyon produced eight goals. And with Lens having registered a single clean sheet on the road in league fixtures since October, chances are high for goals to come in plenty.
Lyon might have the upper hand this weekend, but note that they lost the reverse fixture. And in spite of all their issues, Lens are still a team with title prospects.
Moreover, seven of the former eleven h2h encounters had goals from both teams as well.
Likely, more of the same is expected this Sunday too.
Lyon won four of their past five overall fixtures, and they have an unbeaten record at home in the past 25 years – barring a single fixture.
On top of that, Lens are winless in their past three games, and the last they delivered a Ligue 1 victory on the road was three months back – against the dead-last placed Angers.
As such, Lyon to Win at an odd of 2.40 would be a good pick. However, Lens are one of the teams in the title race, and if you would prefer to go for a safer option, pick the Draw No Bet on the hosts at 1.67 odd.
On that same note, Lens won the latest h2h encounter, and are placed third in the table at the moment. They also failed to find the back of the net just once in the past eight fixtures.
Likely, the Both Teams to Score wager looks promising, at an odd of 1.70.
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